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Sunday, December 20, 2015

A ray of sunshine in the dark clouds

I’m still plagued by car problems and now hubby also has to
have a windshield replaced in his vehicle.
It had a pit in it from his trip to Oregon in October and a few days ago it
split all the way across due to the cold weather. We had to scrape a quarter
inch of ice off the windshield before we could get on the road.

I just got my car back out of the shop again, this time for
an electrical problem that the mechanic thinks is in the front door panel. This could be up to a $700 repair but he
replaced a fuse and so far it’s working.
I’m crossing my fingers it continues to do so for the long term. The tech told me he didn’t know how long it would
last, a week, a month or a year or longer.
There was no way to know since everything showed up fine when he scoped
the car on the machine they use.

The ray of sunshine in all this is that the guy came to my
house to get my car and take it to the shop about ten miles away. That evening he gave me a loaner car that he
delivered to my house at 8:30 PM. I
would like to know what other mechanic does this? He made sure the car was an automatic too and
had gas so I could get to work and back while he had my car in the shop.

This is the loaner car, which reminded me of a demolition derby car

Now I have to say this loaner car was like driving a tank
and not the prettiest thing in the world but it was wheels and got me where I
needed to go. Beggars can’t be choosy,
right? Also the car was definitely a
smoker’s vehicle. It about knocked me
over to stick my head in there so I emptied half a bottle of Fabreeze in the
car and let it sit overnight so I could breathe driving to work and back. But
again, beggars can’t be choosy. I was
extremely grateful he loaned me the car because he didn’t have to do that.

This thing had dings everywhere and you could view the trunk from inside the car

Be thankful for all your blessings, big or small. There’s always something to be grateful for,
even when a dark cloud hovers over your head.